Great Gorge Railway Trail

The Great Gorge Railway Trail is part of the Niagara Gorge Trail System, a series of trail sections located in and along the Niagara River Gorge. Two trails are located along the top, the Niagara Gorge Rim Trail and the Robert Moses Recreation Trail, and the six gorge trail sections can be reached from Artpark, Devil's Hole, Whirlpool, and Niagara Falls State Parks. The Gorge Railway Trail, named for a former electric trolley line that operated from 1895 to 1935, begins at a staircase leading to the base of the gorge. From there, a short walk downstream reaches the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge and overlooks the upper gorge and the head of the Whirlpool Rapids. Along the way are the abutments of the Railway Cantilever Bridge and the former site of the incline railway and Witmer's Mill. The main trail continues upstream on a gradual ascent to the top, where it ends at the rim trail, and the American Falls Gorge Trail begins halfway up the Great Gorge Railway Trail, with return to that junction required to exit the gorge.

Niagara Falls, New York · United States